The web controls are an awesome feature for MPC, but as far as I know the html files are compiled along with the program.

Is it possible to make it so the html files are separate to the EXE and get loaded in at runtime? This would mean that anyone can modify the web controls without having to recompile the entire program.

The external file option doesn't work, you click the deploy and it deploys all the files. But the files arn't served through that directory. Like if I edit the index.html it doesn't change when I go to it in my browser. It remains the default page. I have the check box to serve the files through a directory checked and then I have the webserver port thing checked on the default port. I also tryed changing the port or restarting the program and it still wouldn't allow me to use my own files.

Hi! I don't understand. I've run MPC-Webserver on various Systems new Windows XP, Windows ME and 98 today - eh, ok, yesterday... It works great! The only thing that maters is MPC doesn't remeber to don't "Allow access from localhost only".

I think it's because in the older version was no "access from localhost only" so on startup this value (which was correctly saved to the .ini file) was not initialised.
Would be happy, if this bug could be fixed.

Back to topic: Did you try another folder which isn't as deep? On my PC C:\Media\Webinterface or like MPC needs it, in ..\..\Media\Webinterface the Webpage worked very well.

@gabest: congratulations to your player! I wrote one by myself in 2001-2003, but it was only something like a frontend for existing WMP, because the original Windows Media Player didn't work with playlists, so I took the MediaPlayer-Component from Delphi and started to code.

Ciao. You requested feedback for use of the web interface as you didn't see any practical use for it. I modified the files and, utilizing php and MySQL, have created a remote control that I can use from my PPC on my HTPC from anywhere in the house. One slight annoyance - every time i re-open MPC on the HTPC, i have to physically use the console to uncheck 'allow access from localhost only'. Other than that, everything works great!

Is it possible load mms address via the web interface / web server?
I want to write a php page for my phone to load live TV channels but I don't know how to load an mms address to the player via the web server.

I have a feature request I am dying to see: I use the web-interface zu control mpc over my internet tablet.
But it lacks the feature to scale to 16:9 TV which I constantly use.
Yould you implement this or can I do it myself?

I think that Java would be better for most users, begause Java aplications can ALSO be desinged to run without Web Browser and that supid "all-time screen refresh" is not any problem. I use Web GUI to control player, that is in to TV (My second "Monitor"). Also window could be a lot smaler.

JavaScript or HTTP would also be needed, if user uses someting Text Web Browser (Somethin from linux prompt example).

The page i wrote of old needs to be rewriten, all the commands that MPC uses changes.

The command ID's correspond to those displayed in the Keys configuration in the settings (or you can hack them out of the resources with ResourceHacker for a more complete list).

The last time I chatted with Gabest about the web interface was (probably in this thread) 2 years ago. He didn't seem keen at the time to add a web interface for working with the playlist; this may have changed.

If you want to do this you have two options. A) add the code to MPC, B) write CGI apps to handle the working with the web interface. Remember the web interface is a simple web server that can serve your own files.

My thoughts were to make a thirdparty thingy using the web interface to interact with the player.

Basically what I need, is to access a command that does the same as "mplayerc.exe /add %file" would do from a command line :-)

What I want to accomplish is to have a central webserver controlling several mediaplayers by having a browser window running a script to add a file to the end of the playlist when the playing file reaches the end :-)

If I could do this, I could have a self-scheduling mediaPC playing the content I want, and a central server to feed the mediaPC what it needs.

Currently, I use a little C++ app for controlling the Winamp player this way, but I would much more like to use the MPC to do this as it is a smoother player ;-)

Hi , here is my vision of possible using this feature (web interface).

I wish be able to control player from PPC (win mobile based with embeded browser), so if be possible to group controls by groups (quick playback control, volume, open media, dvd, etc) and organize controls that would be convenient to use on the small screen.